Russia’s Second Invasion of Donbas is Well-Orchestrated
Russian tanks, heavy equipment, and soldiers are once again streaming across Ukraine’s now nominal border in the Donbas, reinforcing pro-Russian positions and greatly escalating the risks of new open conflict in Ukraine.
The Soviet Union may be dead, but Soviet disinformation tactics remain
There’s a poster near my house in London, writes Padraig Reidy for www.indexoncensorship.org. It shows a poorly illustrated George W.
The Kremlin’s Octopus of International Propaganda—Obvious and Hidden Tentacles
Russia is rapidly expanding its global propaganda empire, and while some of its mouth pieces and media outlets are broadly recognized as closely tied to or owned by the Kremlin, others continue to escape the…
Origin of the Separatists’ Buk: A Bellingcat Investigation
This report analyses evidence from open sources, in particular social media, relating to the Buk missile launcher filmed and photographed in eastern Ukraine on July 17th that many have linked to the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17.
Jews reject Russia claims of Ukraine anti-Semitism
Leaders of Ukraine's Jewish community have come out strongly in support of the Kiev government in its conflict with Russia, rejecting Moscow's accusations that their country is now a hotbed of anti-Semitism, Masha Kondrachuk and Stephen Ennis write in their article for BBC Monitoring.
Russia Today: why western cynics lap up Putin’s TV poison
It’s no surprise that the Kremlin delights in piping TV propaganda to the world – it is guaranteed a receptive audience Vladimir Putin is the world’s corrupt policeman, Nick Cohen writes in his article for www.theguardian.com.
Russia’s information war in Lithuania
It is hard to find anyone in Lithuania who does not believe that Russia's propaganda campaigns in the Baltic EU member state have been growing in intensity.
Russia’s International Media Poisons Minds
At a time when Russia's image in Europe and the U.S. has sunk to extreme lows, the Kremlin has announced dramatic new plans to increase spending on foreign propaganda, The Moscow Times writes.
Popular Russia Listserv Said To Be Increasingly Taking The View From Moscow
The head of the institute at George Washington University that hosts Johnson’s Russia List said the listserv is simply moving beyond the “goodies versus baddies dichotomy.
Putin’s American PR machine
Russian President Vladimir Putin cares a lot about what you think -- about NSA contractor-turned-defector and Russian asylum seeker Edward Snowden, and pretty much everything else -- to the point of spending…